A lovely day to be birding. Due to the uncertainty of snow levels outside of town, we decided to head to our old standby...the Courtenay Airpark... to soak up the sun while checking on what birds were also enjoying the day. As Kim will attest, some were getting downright frisky! Note the sequence of a Bald Eagle mating which she observed after our main walk around the loop. In all, we had a species count of 21, including an interesting sighting of a hybrid Canada/Domestic Goose (best guess) that has taken up residence around the Airpark the past while. Species observed: Ring-billed Gull, Bufflehead, Mallard, Canada Goose, Canada-Domestic Goose, Snow Goose, Trumpeter Swan, Killdeer, Great Blue Heron, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Common Goldeneye, American Crow, Brewer's Blackbird, Red-winged Blackbird, European Starling, Rock Pigeon, Bald Eagle, Spotted Towhee, Golden-crowned Sparrow and Anna's Hummingbird.
Photos by Kim DeL. and Dawn M.
Photos by Kim DeL. and Dawn M.